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4 minutes ago, Massbull said:

Their Achilles heel last year on defense was tackling. It reared its ugly head again yesterday. If they don't tackle better especially in the secondary it could be a very long day. Poor tackling kept Syracuse on the field Way more than should they should've been. 

 

 

Yup, one missed tackle on Cook can turn to 6

Yeah his platform is just shaky 

I disagree with the USF DL playing weak relative to the way they ran the ball early. They spread our defense out and removed the LBs from the box as much as possible to get a 5 man box. That's very difficult to stop if you have average play up front. On the flip side, the pass rush continues to be non existent and that will be a huge factor. 

People just blindly throwing stats out there are blind to the fact that this system is meant to hide a lot of weaknesses. Im willing to say 60% if not more of his over all numbers passing are from screens. Not to say he isn't dynamic in that system, but when judging a player overall, it must be taken into consideration. 

Get aggressive on D

Gotta play more man to man on defense. They have 1 WR that can beat us. The fact the safety was 10 yards off the WR on a 4th and 4 is an obvious busted coverage 

12 minutes ago, Orlando Bull said:

I think Houston does the same though. 

QF has  better pocket awareness I think and escapability. 

I would disagree with pocket awareness and overall accuracy. QF definitely has him in escapability and overall running ability. Ward is just a more polished passer 

Just now, Orlando Bull said:

I know ward isn't 100%, but, I don't really see him as being much better than QF if at all. 

I think it's more to do with how we have built our offense around QF. Hides a lot of QFs weaknesses 

Cincy playing very physical. Their secondary looks pedestrian, but the front 7 is pretty tough 

Why is their mascot with a flag of...their mascot

4 minutes ago, Triple B said:

 

Exactly. So let's wait and see where both teams come in ranked at before the "biggest home game ever stuff". If USF spanks Cuse enough to break the top 20 and FSU handles L'ville it will be a similar type situation, except we had a bigger run up to the WVU game than to this one. The Big 12 crap is, in reality, pretty much a non-factor when trying to force the biggest home game moniker on it ...... except to hand wringing fans who love to fret over stuff like this. I do think that USF effed up with the 3rd level tix at $85. I think that's even more than a Bucs' game ...... What were they priced at in 2012?

As was mentioned, the option is available to get a lower level seat for $139 plus tickets to 2 other games. Comes out to $43 a game which is very reasonable. I understand it tough if you have a family, but that stands true for almost all college venues. Let's not act like USF sold us out and said, $85 upper deck or beat it. There are reasonable options available 

13 minutes ago, Joe said:

No. We were selling $15 upper bowl tickets to that game to fill the venue, and no one knew that game was big until the week of.

This game...In state, top 5 team. The Big 12 openly expanding on the horizon. Much bigger in the big picture.

Our school probably did this pricing because they thought it would sell out regardless, and the venue was filled a few years ago for FSU...

Alumni needs to step up.

This

Just now, BDYZR said:

L'Ville had 218 yds and 3 td's in the first 5 plays from scrimmage.

Exactly. The issue with Cuse wasn't they were tired, they were just bad 

USF 

51-24 

Mack 

Adams 

596

1 hour ago, BDYZR said:

"The Orange front seven, which struggled to tackle and became fatigued late against Louisville..."

Can they get in shape in one week? Will we come out fast enough to wear them down like L'Ville did?

Keep in mind Ville scored on the first play of the game, and I believe their 2nd drive was less than 5 plays. They were down 14-0 before they even broke a sweat 

2 hours ago, OcalaBull2 said:

Based on their comments it doesn't seem like they're too confident in a win. Someone mentioned earlier that Syracuse sees this as a "must win." I'm curious to why? New head coach, playing a team that's a heavy favorite right now. I'm not saying we'll come in and blow them out but I like our odds. 

Because they have ND, Clemson and FSU up next on their schedule. If they lost this game and go 0-3, their record won't be pretty at the end of the year 

12 minutes ago, Bausfkid said:

I got the answer on AW.  He's out at least another month.  Bummer for the kid. 

I still truly believe he changes positions (DB) when he comes back 

Hector and Khalid did not practice 

UF and WKU

2 minutes ago, TimBulla said:

Yeah, I know the Vegas line and I saw what Louisville did to them.

They (Syracuse) are going to try and redeem themselves, and they are at home.

I just hope our guys aren't looking too much toward FSU and believing that every team is like NIU. By the way, NIU didn't have enough rest and had a tough loss before arriving in Tampa.

Yes, we should win.

BUT

It's a road game and there's no AC in the dome. I won't rest till this game is behind us. I'm concerned.

Get some sleep. Their defense was bad, and lost 2 of their best players back there.  We have more talent and momentum. Louisville had fsu next on their schedule as well. No worries 

4 minutes ago, JTrue said:

Nada

That could be a big 12 deal breaker 

2 minutes ago, JTrue said:

Our national championship game, yes. 

Any natty title game locally. Date night vs Natty Title game? Forget about it 

3 minutes ago, JTrue said:

Not really worth it for me to see two teams I don't give a **** about. But you high rollers can enjoy the game from up here if its worth $85 to get a better view of the fly-by than the game.

Super Bowl I can kind of agree with, but I would pay $85 to sit anywhere at a Natty title game. Just the atmosphere alone would be worth it, but I understand that doesn't apply to everyone.

56 minutes ago, OcalaBull2 said:

CBS has us down three spots at 31. To go from 28 last week to 31 this week is ridiculous. SEVEN 1-1 teams ahead of us. 

Rankings are a joke this time of the year. Like I stated earlier, no bias whatsoever, there is ZERO reason Cincy should be ranked higher than us. 

6 minutes ago, Skingraft said:

PS Vue... I cut the cord this year... 

How is that? I've been thinking of getting rid of bright house for Ps Vue.